Tilt bottom display container



Oqt. 1, 1929. E. o. 'II'INSLEY 1,729,847

TILT BOTTOM DISPLAY CONTAINER FiledMarch 28, 1925 5 .Shets-Sheet '1 INVENTOR Edward 0. f'nsley.

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TILT BOTTOM DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed March 28, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 my. a, v

INVENTOR Edward Oflnsley Wm- W X Patented 0., 1, 1929 EDWARD o. TINSLEY, on NEW Yonx, If. Y.,

ASSIGNOIt TOROBERT GAIR COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK TILT no'rrou DISPLAY oon'ramnn.

Application filed. March 28, 1925. Serial No. 19,066.

This invention relates to foldable containers or boxes formed by folding suitable material such as cardboard and has for its objects the provision of dual walls about the container portion with the outer walls downwardly extended to form a display easel and a support for the container cover.

Another object of the invention is to provide a box of the kind which may be printed in the flat on one side'of the cardboard and which when set up will expose the printed andlfinished sides of the cardboard onl X nother object is to provide an efiicient foldable easel which will not collapse under load.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a rear perspective view of the assembled container;

'Fig. 2 is a fragmental perspective view showing the container open;

Figs. 3 and 4 show the two blanks form- I ing the container;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the two blanks assembled and folded flat for shipment and storage;

Fig. 6 is a fragmental perspective view of thecontainer with the parts partially assembled.

Figs. 7 and 8 are bottom views showing folded and partly folded positions of the easel; and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the easel in supporting position.

The blank Fig. 3, comprises the front wall.7, the s1de walls 8 on the ends of the front wall 7, the rear wall 9 on an end of one of the side walls 8, the cover support 10 on the top edge of the rear wall 9, the joining flap 11, the triangular easel sides "12 on the bottom edges of the-side walls 8, and the easel back connection on the bottom edge of the rear wall 9, the'front, and rear walls and the easel back connection all being of the same length, and the easel sides being in length on one of their sides the same as the length of said side walls and the bases of the easel sides being in width the Width of said easel back connection, said joining flap 11 being connected to an end of one of the side walls 8 and the base of one of the easel sides 12 and bein in length equal to the combined width 0 the adjacent side wall 8 and the length of the base of the adjacent easel side 12; the limits of the several parts being defined by the broken lines, indicating scorings withinthe blank outline.

The blank, shown in Fig. 4, comprises a blank forming the bottom of the container 13 with extensions'thereon forming the inner front wall 14,the two inner side walls 15, the inner rear wall 16, and in extension y from said rear wall 16, thecover 17.

The blank shown in Fig. 3 is bent onthe transverse scorings to form a rectangular binding member or collar asshown by 7 8, 9, 11, Figs. 2 and 6, with cover'support 10 and the easel portions. The blank, shown in Fig. 4, is passed through this collar by folding down the inner sides 15, as shown in Fig. 5, until the rear inner wall 136 is superimposed on rear outer wall 9 in register on lines 18 and the two blanks are, fastened by glue ,or staples. pressed down, as shown in Fig. 5, to form a compact shipping and storage unit. When it is desired to fill the'container the front and outer side walls 788 are raised, as

Sides 8 and front 7 are shown in Fig. 6 and the bottom 13 bent up,

with innerside and front walls 14-15-15 raised, within the rectangular collar 7 8, 9, 11. The filled containers can be closely packed for shipment by nesting the easel portion over the closed cover of the underimposed container, the extensions of the outer side and rear walls being slightly tapered outwards for that purpose.

This method of assembling and positicn ing the several parts permits of printing the blanks on one side and yet show all printed surfaces when. the container is in opened,

with said rear wall. The binder member comprising a rim, band or collar is disposed around said container portion and forms an easel back and outer front, side and rear walls 7, 8 and 9 joined to each other at the corners by the fold lines and respectively disposed fiat against the outer face of said inner front, side and rear walls 14, 15 and 16. The flap 11 foldably adjoining the end of one of the outer walls 8 of the binder member is secured by staples, glue or otherwise to the free ended rear wall 9 of the binder member and the container portion is then inserted in the hinder member as before stated and the flap 11 of said member is secured by staples, glue or otherwise to the rear wall 16 of the container portion, the flap 11 thus being interposed between the rear walls 9 and 16 and secured to both these walls, the walls of the binder member cooperating with the walls of the container portion to form a double walled container the container portion of which is tensionally held in the binder member and supported therein bythe flap 11, the bottom 13 of the container portion at its edge adjacent to the wall 16 being spaced away from I the lower edge of the easel forming extension 19 of the binder member as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the bottom 13 thus being spaced away by equal distances from the top edges ofthe sides 7, 8 and 9 of the binder member-and the top edges of the sides 14, 15 and '16 of the container portion being flush with the top edges of the sides 7, 8 and 9 of the binder member, the bottom 13 at its edge adjacent to the rear wall of the'binder member thus lying substantially in the plane of the lower edge of the wall 9, and at its edge adjacent to the front wall 7 being substantially in the plane of the bottom edge of the wall 7 It will be noted that the joining flap 11 provides a rigid supporting means disposed be tween the rear sides of the binder member and container portion and extending from the line of the flush top edges of the rear sides of the binder member and container portion to the bottom edge of the easel back extension of the bindermember for maintaining the container portion at its rear side in the binder member in the position above described, the container portion at its front side being supported in the position described by the tension of the binder member, the easel support at its rear or easel back connection being stiffened by said flap against collapse.

The bottom edge of said outer front wall 7 terminates with the bottom edge of the inner front wall 14; but the rear outer wall 9 is extended both slightly above the inner rear wall 16 to form a cover support 10 for the cover 17, and a considerable distance downwardly below the container to form the rear easel member 19; while the outer side walls 8 are downwardly extended to form triangular easel sides 12, said sides terminatmg in a straight edge joining the lower edges of ilzjhe outer front Wall and said rear easel mem- The rear member 19 and sides 12 may be stiff and unfoldable and nestable as above stated, or they may be foldable flat against the bottom 13 for storing and shipping. In order that the member 19 and sides 12, may be easily changeable from folded to unfolded position, and may form a dependable easel which will not collapse under load, these parts are folded and scored as will now be described.

To this end the rear easel member 19 has a fold line 25 (Figs. 7 to 9) at the bottom of the container and tending to fold inward; while the easel sides 12 have lines of fold 26 at the bottom of the container permitting folding either inward or outward. The inner face of each of said sides12 is provided with a scoring defining a line of fold 27 extending from a rear corner of the container and substantially biseeting the upper rear angle of the easel side 12 and tending to assume a partly folded position as in Fig. 9.

Thus, when said easel member 19 is first folded flat against the bottom of the container 13 (Fig. 8), each of said easel sides 12 may be folded upon itself at said line 2-7 and then be turned to lie against the exposed face of the rear easel member, as in Fig. 7,,

whereby when said rear easel member 19 is pulled outwardly from the bottom 13, said sides 12 will pass through the position of Fig. 8 and be forced outwardly or bulged to the position 28 of Fig. 9 and be held in said slightly folded position. In this position, the said rear member 19 andsides 12 downwardly diverge and form a somewhat laterally extended base support for the container, all portions of which tend, under direct downward pressure of a load in' or on the container, to move outwardly, as far as possible without tearing, thus insuring an ency to fold inwardly against the bottom of the container; the intermediate part of the easel side being creased to give it' a tendency to fold outwardly to assmne a partly outwardly folded position whereby when said easel member is folded flat against the bottom of the container, each of said easel sides may be folded upon itself and lie against the exposed. face of the rear easel member. I

2. In combination, a container; asupport therefor comprising a rearwardly slanting rear easel member extended downwardly be low the container; and triangular easel sides downwardly extended below the container, each joined to the rear member and slanting outwardly intermediately of its ends; each of said ides being provided with a line of fold ext cnding from the upper rear corner of the easel side and substantially bisecting the up per rear angle of the easel side, said side at said line being slightly folded outwardly and slanted outwardly, whereby said sides are disposed at an outward slanting angle outside of the downward geometric projection of the upper part of the easel; whereby downward pressure upon the container will cause the bottom edge of the easel member and sides to tend to move outward and pull against each other to give a rigid support by the easel and tend to prevent the collapsing of the easel under the container.

3. In combination, a container having side and rear walls; the rear wall being extended below the container to form a rear easel member having a fold line at. the bottom of the container; theside Walls being extended below the container to form triangular easel sides joined to the rear easel member at the rear corners by fold lines and each having a line of fold at the bottom of the container permitting folding both inwardly and outwardly; the inner face of each of said easel sides being provided with a scoring defining a line of fold extending from a rear corner of the container and substantially bisecting the upper rear angle of the easel side and tending to fold outwardly only, to assume a partly folded position whereby when said easel member is folded flat against the bot tom of the container, each of said easel sides may be folded upon itself at said scoring and lie against the exposed face of the rear easel member; whereby when said rear easel member is pulled outwardly beyond the down-- ward geometric projection of the container bottom to an outward slantmg angle, said sides will be forced outwardly and "remain outwardly. slanting outside of said projection; downward pressure upon the container causing the bottom edge of the'easel'member and sides to tend to move outward and pull against each other'and limit their movement to give a rigid supportby the easel and to prevent pressure on the container from collapsing the easel under the container.

4. In combination, a container having side and rear walls; and a folded easel secured thereto including easel sides and a rear easel member forming eontinuations of the side and rear walls of the container, and joined to each other at the rear of the sides by fold lines; the rear easel member having a fold line at the bottom of the container and being folded inwardly against the bottom of the container; the easel sides being triangular in shape and each having a line of fold at the bottom of the container; the inner face of each of said easel sides being provided with a scoring defining a line of fold extending from a rear corner of the container and substantially bisecting the upper rear angle of the easel side, each of said easel sides being folded flat upon itself at said scoring and lying against the exposed face of the rear easel member; whereby when said rear easel member is pulled outwardly beyond the downward projection of the container bottom to an outward slanting angle, said sides will automatically be forced outwardly and remain outwardly slanting outside of the downward geometric projection of the container bottom.-

5; In combination, a supporting means, and a support therefor comprising a downwardly and rearwardly slanted rear easel member; and triangular easel sides downwardly extended below the supporting means and each joined to the rear member and each of said sides being creased to give it a tendency to fold and slant outwardly intermediately of its ends, j

6. In combination, a container; and a support therefor comprising a rearwardly slanting rear easel member, and triangular easel sides downwardly extended below the container and each joined to the rear member and each of the sides being creased to give it a tendency to fold and slant outwardly intermediately of its ends to render the support more rigid and to facilitate nesting.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York March, A. D.

EDWARD O. TINSLEY. 

